Threshing-machine.



H. 000K. THRESHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION vFILED 0OT.31, 1905.

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PATENTD AUG. '7, 190.6. H. 000K. THRESHING MACHINE. APPLIGATION FILLED ooT.s1,19o5.

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THRESHlNGamEVlCl-HNE.

No. s273851.

Specification of Letters 'atent.

Patented Aug. f, 1 ece.

To all wle/m t Nfl/(ty concern/ Beit known that i, HERMAN Coon, a citi- 'zen of the United States, residing at Aberdeen, in the county oi Brown and State oi South Dakota, have invented a new and useful Threshing-lviachine, of' which the iollowj ing is a specification.

This invention relates te threshing-machines; and the principal object ot the invention' is to present an'improved structurecontaining in a single organized machine not only the threshing and separating mechanism of an ordinary threshing-machine, but also the motor means required to move the machine from one place to another and for running or driving the operative parts of the threshing-machine when the latter is set up in position for operation.

Further objects or the invention are to simplify and improve the construction and operation of this class of devices and to so combine and arrange the working parts of the device that the operative parts oi the threshing-machine may oe-started in operation absolutely Without loss of time ait-er the machine has been guided to and placed. in the proper'position for operation.

W ith these and other ends in View, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the .invention oonsists in the improved construction and novel arrangement .and combination of partsvhich I Will be hereinafter fully described, and partioularly pointed out in the claim,

in the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferredforrn of the invention, it heilig, however, understood that no limitation is .necessarily made to the precise structural details ther-'ein exhibited, but that changes, alterations, and modilieations Within the scope oi the invention may be made when desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of .athreshing-machine constructed in accor-dance with the principles of the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan View taken on the plane. indicated by the line 2 2 in Figfil. l Corresponding parts in both figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.A

The invention has been illustrated as applied to a threshing-machine i of ordinary modern construction, of which the cylinder is designated2, the separator-ian 3, and the stacker-ian 4. The threshing and separating mechanism has not been shownin detail,

`as the separating mechanismv is concerned,

taken from the cylinder-shaft in the usual or any Well-known and approved manner.

Upon the sills 5 at the forward part of the machine, beneath the casing of the latter, Whichhas been shown as supported by uprights 6, is supported a rnotorM. This is preferably a gasolene-engine having four cyl- ,inders C C, the piston rods of which, 7, are connected by pitmen 8 with cranks 9, disposed at right angles to each other upon the main driven shaft 10, which is supported in bearings upon the sills. Gibs or guide-ways 11 have been shown for the cross-heads 12 of the ends of the, piston-rods. By using a plurality of cylinders, as herein described, the main driven shaft, which is provided with balance- Wheels 13, can never stop lon a dead-center. The liquid hielis contained Within a tank 14, supported Within the casing of the machine, and is conveyed to the motor through a Conducting-pipe 15. Y

Upon the main shaft 10 is mounted a slidable annularly-grooved friction-clutch member or collar 16, adapted to engage a frictionsurface upon a bevel-pinion 17, which is in mesh with a bevel-pinion 18 upon one end of a suitably-supported shafth19, the opposite end oi which carries a bevel-pinion 20, meshing with a 4bevel-pinion 21 upon the-shaft 22 of the threshing-cylinder 2, to which motion will thus be transmitted. The collar 16, Which is splined upon the shaft 10, may be moved into or out of engagement with the pinion 17 by means of a shipping-lever 23, connected by a link 24 with one arm. of a bellcrank lever 25, the other arm of which is con; nected by a link 26 with an operating-lever 27, having a stop member adapted to engage a quadrantZS for the purpose of retaining the parts in adjusted position.-

Supported in suitable bearings at one side of the casing is a line-shaft 29, which is driven Jfrom the main shaft 10 by intermesh-'- ing bevelears 30 31, the latter of which may be loc redupon the main shaft by a friction-clutch 312. The line-shaft 29 carries splined collars, as 32, having gear-Wheels 33 for driving the separator-fan and the stackerfan, the shafts of- Which are provided With pinions 34, and the tailings-elevator 35, .the driving-shaft of which, 36, carries a pinion 37. The several collarsA 32 lare, annularly grooved and engaged by shipping-levers 38,

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having beve1-pinione 43, adapted to mesh with a, bevel-pinion 44 upon e shaft ll5,.oor

rying e pinion 46, meshing with e spur-Wheel 47 `upon one of the hind Wheels oi' the rne- 'ohin e, Whiohserves to propelthe latter Vin a ,forward or rearward .direetion, according to ,Wlloh of the pinions 43 is in engagement *withthe pinion' 4:4. 'The pinions 43 may A also ,he .retained et `en intermediate position, `so that both ,of Said pinions will he out of igneeh with the pinion 46,' thus throwing the Idriving-gear out of opera-tion, The oollnrs 42 ereennularly. moved, end they'ere inenk.gegement with e, ii-ppinglevers 48, .whereby AJt1ey. inav .be ,adjusted to any one oi the vw rions. positions indicated, the ship ing-1e- ,ters e8, being siinulteneously operada e by ,a link-,rod 9, `connected with ,en o eretinglever `5), heving e stop member er opted `to .engiige e quedrent '5l for the purpose of retgnning the'perts operated by .s eid lever in oidjnsted position. s Y

A starting-lever 52, having e stop niernbei `engaging `e ,rack-segment 53, is rovided, Tseid starting-lever heingoonneeted ly e link Arod ,5e `with the vmotor for the purpose voi regulating the letter.

A steering-gear is provided, including e ,C11um.55, upon which flexible members 56 ere Wound in opposite directions, ,said ilexible members being connected with the iront .axle 57 near the ends of the letter. The drum carries e Wornngelfir 58, meshing with efworm 5.9 upon an upright shalt 60, looatedin convenient proximity to the drivers 'sent .G1 and having e hand-wheel 52, whereby it moy he oonveniently manipulated.

From theoregoing description, taken in ioonneotion with the drawings hereto an nexed, the operation eind advantages of this invention may be readily understood.. By

`o eoh other operatively, a prime lmover -lo-l cated upon the thresher, o ineens in common eener);

properly mani uleting the several levers, fili of which are o'oeted in ii position conveniently accessible by the driver or operator, the motor may 'he started or stopped .very swiftly sind readily and motion may be iniparted to the driving-gear for moving the inaohine forwardly or rearwardly', :is may he j required. is Soon as the drivingweer has neen thrown out oil operation the threshing and separating' parte oi the machine may he set inv motion and driven et the required speed. f 1Where Ineens have been shown for moving gngenient with euch other, ordinary Well# luiown clutch Ineens may beeinplo-yed Within the scope of theinvention.

l'leving thus deseribed the invention, what is ele-inied is- A threshingmieeliine having e running` gen-r eind threshing ports, seid runninggear and threshing perte being independentHoi'` to both the running-gear and threshing parts to transmit motion from the prime mover to the running-gear and threshing parte siinuh teneously or at different intervals, seid ineens consisting of e eheft operatively cou-A neoted with the shaft of the prime `mover ,I and extending longitudinally end horiz n-." telly of vthe thresher qand being oepnhle of Ito-- tation in one direotiononly, ineens o. 'finnlteneously interru ting the motion from seid shaft to the thres ing parte, ineens for interi., rupting the motion from nein @heit to the running-gear, the lasten'id ineens being erw pehle of operation .vherehy motion is given;y troni seid shaft to the runningegeinv in onerif`- reotion or in theopposite direetioiji. ln testimony that l oleiin Vthe fori-)goin my own I have hereto efiixed my eignen, inthe presence of twowitneeses. 1 HERlvliiN (K."

WILLIAM Coon,-

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